Lesiba Johannes Ngwepe

Boosted student engagement with multimedia resources by curating a collection of educational videos, audio recordings, and interactive tools.

• Mitigated librarian workload by independently managing basic patron requests and locating materials.
• Streamlined resource access by implementing efficient cataloguing system, improving searchability and organization for users.
• Provided support to students by assisting in locating relevant materials and answering research-related questions.
• Ensure that all prescribed and recommended resources (e.g. journals, books, newspapers) are available – student and lecturer resources
• Co-ordinates, prepares and motivates/ makes recommendations for annual Resource Centre budget and submits to General Manager
• Teaching compulsory Information Literacy module to all students.
• Marketing resource centre, its databases, Open Access Resources, information Literacy course and online catalogue to all students and Academic staff.
• Help student and staff to access information through databases (ProQuest, SAGE Journals, Wiley, Sabient african journals and Lexis Nexis)
• Issue and return books using LIS (ALMA).
• Pull up and send out reports of overdue fines of students, finance department at end of year.
• Acquisition of E-materials using Kortex system.
• Collaborated with faculty to develop tailored research guides for course-specific assignments, resulting in improved student outcomes.

• Managing library collections, whereas librarian support four faculties: Business Management Studies (BMS), Information Technology (IT), Creative Studies, and Marketing
• Compile statistical reports as needed, and report in formal writing to national Librarian
• Ensuring library users have access to e-journals and other internet resources such as (EBSCOhost, Emerald, Refworks, Mendeley, etc)
• Providing suggestions to library users about new books and other information resources
• Helping library users check out & in books
• Keeping budget to repair, replace or get new reading materials
• Perform cataloguing, metadata, and classification activities
• Create bibliographic records through original or copy cataloguing of acquired library materials.
• Manage and process donations.
• Teaching information literacy and Bibliographic management for all staff and students and on how to avoid plagiarism
• Provide information and research assistance to School clients in variety of formats for both colleges
• Enhanced library user experience by effectively organizing and maintaining diverse collection of resources.
• Catalogued and organized books, materials and other documents for proper library management.
• Optimized space utilisation within library facility through thoughtful design and organization of physical layouts.
• Optimized space utilisation within library facility through thoughtful design and organization of physical layouts.

• Evaluating the information needs of both employees and clients of the DHA and establishing systems of organisation and retrieval for records
• Maintained up-to-date knowledge of industry trends and best practices to continuously improve the quality of work produced.
• Provided exceptional customer service through prompt responses to inquiries regarding indexed materials, resulting in increased client satisfaction rates.
• Digitizing(converting paper-based records into digital format), Indexing, Cataloguing, and updating records in various formats, such as documents, films, audio clips, photographs, and digital material
• Ensuring safe and secure storage of records and disposing of files and records according to policies of the DHA
• Preserving civic services records with compliance or historical value for future reference and referral for modifications as per clients’ request.
• Conducted periodic audits to identify areas of improvement in existing indexes, implementing necessary changes accordingly.

• Shelving books and organizing materials for patrons' use or research needs
• Helping customers find items and resources within library
• Maintaining records of library services, notices, and fines
• Repairing damaged books and materials
• Sorting and shelving returned items
• Doing administrative work such as assisting with day-to-day operations of library
• Searching information for patrons through online database such as SABINET online, EBSCOhost and Science Direct.
• Conducted library tours and orientations, familiarizing patrons with library resources and services.
• Helped patrons locate resources using catalogue and circulation systems.
• Maintained knowledge of copyright guidelines, assisting patrons with proper citation practices and avoiding plagiarism in their assignments.
• Organized circulation desk with over 500 books and periodicals to be checked out